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The Dejbjerg Wagon on display at the National Museum of Denmark

The Dejbjerg wagon (Danish Dejbjergvognen) is a composite of two ceremonial wagons found in a peat bog in Dejbjerg near Ringkøbing in western Jutland, Denmark. These votive deposits were dismantled and ritually placed in the bog around 100 BCE. As of 2022, the wagon is on display at the National Museum of Denmark.

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